Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protesters after pro-China groups pulled down some of the ‘Lennon Walls’ of anti-government messages posted in more than three months of unrest by JessiePang0125 jamespomfret
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protesters on Saturday after pro-China groups pulled down some of the “Lennon Walls” of anti-government messages posted in the Chinese-ruled city in more than three months of unrest.
“Radical protesters damaged facilities in Light Rail Town Centre Station in Tuen Mun with metal rods, hurled objects into the Light Rail tracks and set barricades in the vicinity, causing obstruction to the traffic,” police said in a statement. A pro-Beijing city legislator, Junius Ho, who has been a vocal critic of the protests, had urged his supporters to clean up approximately 100 Lennon Walls around the city on Saturday.
Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters also gathered at a shopping mall near the subway station in Yuen Long, a few km to the northeast of Tuen Mun, to mark two months since activists were attacked by a mob. “Some even threw petrol bombs at a police vehicle, causing danger to the life of the police officers onboard,” police said in a statement.
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